Has anyone discussed the submissions process for professional conferences — the important, if infamously flawed, social mixer for the knowledge production class? No? I think it would be worth taking the time to do start a short introduction to the topic. Let’s give it a shot.

The Blogjects Workshop at Lift06 explored the fascinating intersection of objects and blogging, where everyday items transformed into storytellers through technology. Participants shared their insights on pervasive media, creating a vibrant atmosphere filled with innovation and collaboration. With presentations, audio recordings, and visuals capturing the essence of the event, the workshop was a resounding success, leaving us eager for future discussions and developments in the world of Blogjects. Stay tuned for more updates as we compile our findings and prepare for follow-up workshops that dive deeper into the realms of Things and Spimes.

I have always enjoyed Nicolas Nova‘s way of appending his posts with a framing statement describing why he blogged what he blogged, so I took up this Talmudic Why do I blog this? practice, but this post is about a higher order question: Why do I blog? or, more to the point, Why should design agents blog?

I just finally got to Liccope’s paper (ICTs and the Engineering of Encounters: A case study of the development of a mobile game based on the geolocation of terminals) on the design, development and deployment of a geolocated mobile game in Japan — Jindo, which became Nido. (I’m pretty sure this is about Mogi Mogi,…

In collaboration with The Institute for the Future of the Book, McKenzie Wark, professor of cultural and media studies at the New School is book-blogging his new book GAM3R 7H30RY, an examination of single-player video games that comes out of the analytic tradition of the Frankfurt School (not surprising..) Here’s a…

Lift Conference

UCHRI Summer Seminar in Experimental Critical Theory August 14-25, 2006; UC Irvine Campus